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Virginia Wouldn't Slow Down!: The Unstoppable Dr. Apgar and Her Life-Saving Invention by Carrie A. Pearson

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Virginia Wouldn’t Slow Down!: The Unstoppable Dr. Apgar and Her Life-Saving Invention is another read online via Edelweiss that was mostly there. Carrie A. Pearson’s book was more fleshed out than the other sample I read, and perhaps is one of the best biographies of an unknown person I have read. And of course, I will find a copy when it comes out to fill in the plot points missing. Dr. Virginia Apgar would invent a test that would help doctors evaluate newborns and their health, […]

Historical Fiction Featuring Historical Figures Can Be Tricky

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  This review is for the audiobook version of The Dead Shall Not Rest, by Tessa Harris, narrated by Simon Vance. This is the second in the Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mysteries series. Several years ago I read the first in this series, The Anatomist’s Apprentice, but had no idea there were sequels until the Overdrive algorithm suggested I might enjoy The Dead Shall Not Rest. Dr Thomas Silkstone is a surgeon from Philadelphia studying as an apprentice to a well respected surgeon and anatomist in […]



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